Captain Cook is known for exploring and mapping out much of the Pacific Ocean including New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii. But his exploration of Alaska was for one purpose: to find the elusive Northwestern Passage. He entered the Cook Inlet, and began sailing through only to find a dead...
It’s All About the Bears – Katmai NP
Katmai was established as a National Monument in 1918 by a Presidential proclamation to protect the volcanically devastated region surrounding Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. It was expanded over the years by four additional proclamations, then enlarged and re-designated a National Park and Preserve in...